Audio: Gomez making trip, Price vs. Wings

Highlights from a day that was off-ice only, the team chartering out at 3 pm for Windsor:

Scott Gomez will make the trip. Jacques Martin says the centreman is improving and a decision will be made tomorrow on his status. Gomez said, in several different ways, that it’s lower-body, and joked that he has a large lower body. Said he was struck by a leg.

Carey Price gets the start in goal vs. Detroit. Martin will then consider who he plays vs. Toronto.

Tony didn’t say that; Tieman said that. And since Tieman has a don’t-wanna-listen-to-nuthin-else hate-on for the Artiste.., feh, whatever. For my part, I’d be happy to have Kovy back but won’t gnash my teeth in resentment towards the club if he’s not reacquired cuz we KNOW what we’re gettin.

Malkin is young. He was up; now he’s down. We DON’T know what we’re gettin. He would need to go up and down again so that a discernible pattern could emerge that we could then COMPARE to Kovalev’s patterns.

The point is: I like Tieman. Nice guy. But he’s turning into an old fuddy-duddy imo. Has been for some years. Opinionated coot; not “proposer of debate”.

logistics question here: why fly to wondsor instead of detroit? will they fly back out of windsor tonight? if so, doesn’t that add time at the border etc, rather than flying from detroit to toronto and doing the border stuff at the airport. i certainly hope they are not bussing from detroit to toronto cause that is like 4 hours and they have a game the next night! just seems strange logistics to me…

I don;t know how many f you heard this but someone on the radio this morning asked if you would do Cammi and P.K. for Malkin, My answer would be a big NO (IMHO, P.K. is untouchable).

But the question to discuss would be what will you give up if you were to get Malkin or if you would just say no to him. I think he would do well if given a starring role all to himself. Then again, Tony on Team990 was of the opinion that he has too much of the “Kovalev” in him.

What I wouldn’t pay to have a buddy in college with that name back in the 70s. ‘Course I did go to school with John Head and he lived up to his moniker. Had an old metal army trunk full of the stuff. Good thing I never indulged. (says the ex-Berklee trumpet player 😉

Now you can prepare for a follow-up call, probably within the next week, from a Bell rep detailing all the ways you could save BIG by switching BACK to Bell. I don’t like crapping on telemarketers, it’s not their fault their employer makes them do douchey things, plus I had an ex who worked as one, so I’ve been sensitized. Anyway, point is, when the guy called, he started on his spiel, and I said LOOK, I pay the same rate with the new provider (Videotron), but my internet connection is faster, my phone line is clearer, PLUS I get cable bundled in. He countered that Bell was prepared to offer me a low LOW price for ALL of those services, and PROMISED that the fees wouldn’t go up. I said, no, sorry, like the song goes, I won’t get fooled again.

FYI Last week Don Cherry said on the AIR that he can say anything he wants whenever he wants,,,

“The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
Commission forwarded to me your email concerning comments made by Don Cherry
about P.K. Subban following the first game of Hockey Night in Canada’s November
27 doubleheader

It is unfortunate that you believe anything Don said was
“racist” and “bigoted” and that Don’s comments amounted to
putting “a bounty” on Subban’s head.For a number of weeks, Subban’s play has been topic for
players, coaches, fans, and the media. Don’s job as a commentator is to talk
about the hot issues around the league, and this is a hot topic.

I have reviewed the tapes of Don’s short comments about
Subban on November 27 and comments he made about this player earlier in
November. I must strongly disagree with your assessment of them. He said
nothing “racist.” Nor did he say anything which could be construed as
a “bounty.” He neither incited nor justified violence toward Subban.
Indeed, he has not only praised Subban’s talent – noting that Subban is a
player Don has known of and watched develop for many years – but he also stated
outright that he did not condone players deliberately hurting each other.

I love my Videotron Cable. I saw that there was the 30mb service available at the same price as the 10mb, so I call them, and they sent a tech the next day to replace the router. 3x the speed at the same cost, me likey.

That’s surprising. According to studies across Canada, Rogers is the most consistent company for providing the speed of the internet that the customer pays for. Shaw, Telus and Bell are all ranked incredibly low by comparison.